Tag: Featured
New Tetramorium Queen!
Found a #tetramorium #antqueen, probably #tetramoriumcaespitum with no wings in #lakewoodwa. #antkeeper #antqueens #ants A post shared by Tichomir Dunlop (@tichomirdunlop) on Jul 22, 2017 at 11:29am PDT I found a new Tetramorium Queen today, already deälated! This morning my mother woke me up to tell me that there was substantial evidence of nuptial flights…
Good footage of Queen E!
I finally copied it over from Google Drive @dr.whex! My iPad unexpectedly shut off, I have stills if needed. #ants #antkeeper #antqueens #eggs A post shared by Tichomir Dunlop (@tichomirdunlop) on Jul 20, 2017 at 1:19pm PDT
iNaturalist projects
I have founded the Antkeeping project and the Ants of North America project on iNaturalist. Both projects are for quite different purposes: Antkeeping is for recording your colonies and queens, nuptial flights, and alates. What it is not for is for generic ant observations. Ants of North America is for any type of ant observation in North…
Five Formica Queens!
Found five 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜 ant queens on a trip to Eastern Washington outside the Swauk Teanaway Grange, nearby Cle Elum/Ellensburg (Eastern) Washington. Lasius? #identification please! Lasius maybe? #antkeeper #antkeeping #queenants #easternwashington #washington #lasius #id #antloveforever #idrequest A post shared by Tichomir Dunlop (@tichomirdunlop) on Jul 18, 2017 at 6:37pm PDT What did you say? You found…
Is it a queen?
Is it a queen? No really, is it? You’ve found what you believe is an ant queen, but only keep her if you know that she is a queen. It is unkind to keep a worker whose destiny was to live and die for her mother, not to be cooped up in a test-tube on gel…
Ant Anatomy
Ant. Featured photo by Bent Tranberg on Flickr. Unlike most insects, ants have four sections: the head, thorax, petiole, and gaster. Normally insects have three: the head, thorax, and abdomen. The head and thorax are the same as in all insects, but what are the petiole and gaster? The gaster is the same as the…